Antibody response to Aedes aegypti D7L1+2 salivary proteins as marker of aggregate vector exposure and correlate of dengue virus susceptibility
Lauren E. Bahr, Marco Hamins-Puértolas, Darunee Buddhari, Ivona Petzlova, Fabiano Oliveira, Stephen James Thomas, Saravanan Thangamani, Adam Tully Waickman, Kathryn B. Anderson
The paper develops a serologic assay to measure antibodies against Aedes aegypti salivary proteins D7L1+2 as a marker of vector exposure and finds they correlate with dengue virus infection burden.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases · Oct 29, 2025Peer-reviewedImmunology